Neptali M. Gonzales II
The lower house of Congress is the House of Representatives. The majority leader in this house is the Speaker of the House.
The leader of the opposition
The leader of the minority party in the lower house responsible for informing members and organizing resistance to the majority is the whip. Whips exist in both houses and both the majority and minority parties to get party members on the same page.
The leader of the US House of Representatives is called the Speaker of the House. As of January 2011, the Speaker is Republican John Boehner of Ohio. The Speaker is elected by the members of the House and historically will be chosen from the majority party in the House. The equivalent position for the opposition party is the Minority Leader.
No, in both Ireland and Canada, the Prime Minister leads the largest party in the lower house (Dail in Ireland and House of Commons in Canada). In Australia the prime minister is the leader of the political group with a mayority in the lower house / house of representatives. The leader of the senate is caled the president of the senate. the president of the senate doesnot necesarily have to be of the same party as that of the prime minister.
Australia is a constitutional democracy and a federation of states. their titular heat of state is the monarch of Britain. However the people vote to be represented in government by a lower house and an upper house. a majority in the lower house is the decider on who wil be the prime minister and the prime minister is the actual leader of the government.
Speaker of the House (a+)
In the United States, the presiding officer of the lower legislative house is the Speaker of the House. He or she is the elected by members of the majority party.
minority whip
John Buehner
The Prime Minster is chosen by the party that hold majority in the lower house, as long as that member gets relected to their seat at the elections and their party hold majority, there is no limit to how long someone can serve as Prime Minister.
The party that has the majority in the lower house of parliament elects a premier. So to become a premier you first need to get elected to parliament in the lower house, your party needs to win a majority and you need your colleagues to elect you :)